On 11 June 2013 01:51, Andrew Schulman wrote: >> See here for additional information and reproducible steps in the mintty >> support ticket: >> https://code.google.com/p/mintty/issues/detail?id=390 >> >> I can reproduce this using cygwin 1.7.20, 1.7.19, 1.7.18, 1.7.15, and 1.7.7. >> >> Screen does NOT hang when is is created by calling the first command >> through cygwin started by cygwin.bat (commands typed through Windows >> terminal 'cmd.exe' instead of mintty) and then attempting to attach >> through mintty with the second command. >> >> Workaround is to use: >> >> 'cygstart --hide screen -S name -d -m' > > I get a little different result: > > $ screen -S scrn -d -m > $ screen -S name -x > Remove dead screens with 'screen -wipe'. > $ > > and then I have to run 'reset' to get input echoing back. > > I've never observed this behavior before, because I always start screen as > 'screen -AURD', which works fine. > > Do we have any idea whether the problem is with mintty or with screen?
I observed the same behaviour as the OP, but also reproduced it in rxvt and xterm, so not a mintty issue. Since it works in a console, the Cygwin pty layer has to be the main suspect, unless screen has specfic code for Cygwin consoles or ptys? Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
